I normally don't mind respawning, but respawning mixed with level scaling really can be awful. It single handedly prevented me from enjoying the original Sacred, and from what your saying, I made the right choice by avoiding Sacred 2. That combination was also really bad in Wizardry 8, and was ultimately why I stopped playing it.

Originally Posted by Gokyabgu

I also hate respawn. Especially the ridiculous ones like in Sacred 2. Now mix this with level scaling, result is complete disaster.